Re: python2 removal

[Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>]

On 02/04/2023 16:47, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 14/03/2023 19:17, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 15/01/2023 12:52, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>>
>>> This has come up in discussion a few times, and is now well overdue, 
>>> I think.
>>>
>>> Python 2.7 is the last python2 version, which was sunsetted on 
>>> January 1, 2020.
>>>
>> [...]
>>>
>>> 3) There might also still be some other packages lurking which just 
>>> install a script with a shebang containing 'python', and assume that 
>>> python is python2.  I don't know how we could identify those.
>>
>> The remaining cases of packages which have a dependency on python 
>> and/or python2 are either this (packages which contain a python script 
>> with a python shebang line), or the other case which I hadn't 
>> previously considered - a package which contain an executable or 
>> shared library linked with libpython2.7.dll.
>>
>> So, again I need inspect these to determine what should happen to them.
> 
> So here's the list, with *tentative* notes of the disposition for each 
> package.

Here's an updated list of the remaining packages, after removals, 
rebuilds and/or updates:

> source package         package                 maintainer                    notes      disposition
> 
> boost                  boost-build             ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†]        depends on python2 and python3? Marco Atzeri may adopt
> boost                  libboost_mpi_python*    "                             [*]        libboost_mpi_python3* exists, so just remove?
> boost                  libboost_numpy*         "                             [*]        libboost_numpy3* exists, so just remove?
> boost                  libboost_python*        "                             [*]        libboost_python3_* exists, so just remove?
> cantor                 cantor-backend-python2  ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*]        leave as is, becomes not-installable (cantor-backend-python3 exists)
> extra-cmake-modules    extra-cmake-modules     Marco Atzeri                  [†]        probably ok, but should probably rebuild
> geany-plugins          geany-plugins-geanypy   ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*][1]     leave as is, becomes not-installable
> gimp                   gimp-python             ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*][4]     leave as is, becomes not-installable
> gnome-commander        gnome-commander         ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*][5]     update and rebuild
> gnumeric               gnumeric-python         ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*][6]     update and rebuild
> gtranslator            gtranslator             ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][5]     update and rebuild
> inkscape               inkscape                ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§][2]  update and rebuild
> kf5-kross-interpreters kf5-kross-python        ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*][7]     update and rebuild
> kig                    kig                     ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§][7]  update and rebuild
> kross-interpreters     kross-python            ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*]        leave as is, becomes not-installable (KDE4-era)
> libglade2.0            libglade2.0-devel       ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§]     leave as is, becomes not-installable (upstream unchanged)
> llvm                   llvm                    ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†]        leave as is, needs updating but not by me
> lokalize               lokalize                ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§]     leave as is, becomes not-installable
> octave-miscellaneous   octave-miscellaneous    Marco Atzeri                  [†]        ?
> parley                 parley                  ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†]        leave as is, becomes not-installable?
> pidgin                 libgnt0                 ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*]        leave as is, becomes not-installable?
> pidgin                 pidgin                  "                             [†]        leave as is, becomes not-installable?
> pluma                  pluma                   ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§][8]  update and rebuild
> pulseaudio-equalizer   pulseaudio-equalizer    Takashi Yano                  [†]        ?
> scribus                scribus                 ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [*]        leave as is, becomes not-installable
> telepathy-gabble       telepathy-gabble        ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§]     leave as is, becomes not-installable
> tellico                tellico                 ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§]     leave as is, becomes not-installable
> tracker-miners         tracker-miners          ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§][3]  leave as is, becomes not-installable
> vim                    vim-python              Marco Atzeri                             empty and obsolete, remove
> virt-manager           virt-manager            Jason Pyeron                  [†]        update and rebuild
> xplayer                xplayer                 ORPHANED (Yaakov Selkowitz)   [†][§][5]  update and rebuild
> 
> [*] linked against libpython2.7.dll
> [†] contains some python scripts
> [§] script is python2 only, not compatible with python3
> 
> [1] geanypy is python2 only, removed upstream (replaced by peasy), so just make this uninstallable without python2 for the moment
> [2] needs updated pangocairo
> [3] this dependency seems to be because of a test script which is installed
> [4] it seems like gimp 2.x doesn't support python3, so we'd rebuild without python support; to update also needs many dependencies updating
> [5] needs glib update
> [6] needs libgoffice, libgsf update
> [7] needs updated extra-cmake-modules
> [8] requires gtksourceview4 packaging